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Ramu (1966 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Ramu' is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya and Master Rajkumar. The film, produced by AVM Productions, had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It is a remake of the Hindi film 'Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein'. It was remade in Telugu with the same name in 1968.
Plot
Cast
* Gemini Ganesan as Raja
* K. R. Vijaya as Lakshmi alias Seetha Lakshmi
* Master Rajkumar as Ramu
* Nagesh as Muthu
* S. A. Ashokan as Rangan
* V. K. Ramasamy as Sengannan
*O. A. K. Thevar as Sangili
* V. S. Raghavan as Doctor
* Gemini Balu
* V. Nagaiah
* S. V. Subbaiah as Mad Tamil Teacher
* S. V. Ramadoss
* T. S. Muthaiah
* Rama Rao
* C. S. Pushpalatha as Seetha
* S. N. Lakshmi as Kannamma
* Dog as Mani
Production
'Ramu' was a remake of the Hindi film 'Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein' which was enacted and directed by playback singer Kishore Kumar. Though the Hindi version was not commercially successful, A. V. Meiyappan still decided to remake it since he liked the script. Javar Seetharaman wrote the screenplay for the remake.
Meiyappan and his team initially planned to cast Jaishankar and K. R. Vijaya but Gemini Ganesan expressed interest to do the film. Though the sons of Meiyappan were keen on casting Jaishankar, they were agreed with the choice of Ganesan. Contrary to the love based characters which he was known for at that point of career, Gemini enacted a depressed character in this film. A. C. Tirulokchandar was paid 40,000 for directing the film. The final length of the film was .
Soundtrack
The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The lyrics of all songs were penned by Kannadasan. The song "Nilave Ennidam" is based on Bhagasri raga.
Release and reception
'Ramu' was released on 10 June 1966. The film was a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. It also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. 'Kalki' appreciated Seetharaman's writing, and called 'Ramu' a pleasing family film.
Legacy
K. Bhagyaraj revealed that the inspiration for the story of 'Mundhanai Mudichu' (1983) was a poster of 'Ramu' that Bhagyaraj had seen as a child. The poster featured the protagonist with his motherless son. Bhagyaraj wondered how it would be if he himself were in that position, and prepared the story of 'Mundhanai Mudichu'. Unlike 'Ramu', the protagonist's son was changed from a preteen to an infant.
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